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gbacon@observertoday.com With less than two weeks before Joe Biden is sworn in as the next president of the United States, Rep. Tom Reed does not feel President Trump needs to be removed from office, although he strongly condemns the actions that occurred in the U.S. Capitol shortly before Biden’s victory was certified. “This was one of the most disheartening moments of my entire life,” Reed said during a news briefing over Zoom Wednesday afternoon. Reed, a Republican from Corning who i...

Readers Write: The storming of the Capitol, the presidential election results The dimmed beacon of democracy.  January 7, 2021 — 5:27pm Text size Copy shortlink: The actions of U.S. Reps. Michelle Fischbach and Jim Hagedorn to attempt to overturn the will of the people of the United States of America are a horrible blight on the proud state of Minnesota ("Insurrection," front page, Jan. 7). It is inconceivable to me that they could...

Moving into 2021, Congressman Fred Upton says there will have to be unity in Washington, D.C. He tells WSJM News priorities will include the continued fight against COVID-19. “Making sure, what is it that we can do to help our states have the proper resources to distribute the vaccines in a much better way than what’s happened over the last month,” Upton said. “It’ll take a little while to take a look at the next COVID package.” Upton says the next COVID relief package will probably...

Tom Reed With less than two weeks before Joe Biden is sworn in as the next president of the United States, Rep. Tom Reed does not feel President Trump needs to be removed from office, although he strongly condemns the actions that occurred in the U.S. Capitol shortly before Biden’s victory was certified. “This was one of the most disheartening moments of my entire life,” Reed said during a news briefing over Zoom Wednesday afternoon. Reed, a Republican from Corning who is also a co-chai...

USA TODAY Congress count of the Electoral College, a normally symbolic affair affirming the president-elects victory, is set to be a contentious, lengthy process when the House and Senate convene in a joint session to count the electoral votes on Wednesday. In an effort that has divided the Republican Party, over a dozen Senate Republicans and at least 50 House Republicans are set to object to the counting of electoral votes from states that President Donald Trump contested after Electio...

Congress certification of the Electoral College is set to be a contentious, lengthy process when the House and Senate convene in a joint session.

Congress' certification of the Electoral College is set to be a contentious, lengthy process when the House and Senate convene in a joint session.

The House's moderate Blue Dog Democrats urged President-elect Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday to help rein in debt, pass spending bills on time and avoid pursuing "partisan" legislation.

C-SPAN WASHINGTON — Sunday marks the end of a 37-year era when a Lipinski — either Dan or his father Bill — represented Illinois in Congress. “I didn’t fit neatly into the Democratic Party,” Rep. Dan Lipinski said in an exit interview with the Sun-Times. We discussed his career and what is ahead for him. When the 117th Congress kicks off at noon, Marie Newman, who beat Lipinski in the March Democratic primary, will represent Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District, which sweeps in so...

By Elizabeth Kratz | December 30, 2020 Since its founding, the United States has almost never provided direct, set-aside federal funding for nonpublic schools, other than supporting students through IDEA, for special needs programs, or Title I (targeted educational assistance) programs. In fact, before last week, there was only one instance ever in which Jewish day schools and Catholic parochial schools were included in federal relief legislation: After Hurricane Katrina, there w...